Upcoming Events

April

• 4/4 Last Day of Quarter 3
• 4/8-4/12 Spring Scholastic Book Fair
• 4/8 Board Mtg 6-8PM
• 4/9 PTA Mtg CES Cafeteria@4:30
• 4/11 No School Conferences
• 4/12 No School Conferences
• 4/16 Librarian Appreciation Day
• 4/17 Spring Group Class Pictures 7:30AM
• 4/24 Administrative Professionals Day

May

• 5/1 Principal Appreciation Day
• 5/6-5/5/9 Staff Appreciation Week
• 5/7 Teacher Appreciation Day
• 5/8 Kindergarten Roundup
• 5/14 K/1 Field Trip Gilbert House
• 5/27 No School, Memorial Day Observed
• 5/28 2/3 Field Trip Oregon Zoo
• 5/28 4/5 Field Trip Newell Pioneer Village
• 5/31 School Friday

Spring Conferences will be held April 11 & 12. These are non-school days. Please be on the lookout for conference forms being sent home from your child's teacher. These forms will let you know if your child requires a conference or if it is optional. Sign and return the form as soon as possible. Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday for those students who are having a phone conference or if a conference is not needed. Families who have in person conferences will receive their report cards at their conference.

If you are wanting to attend a classroom field trip or end of year activity, please remember to make sure your background check and volunteer training is current. If you are unsure of what is needed or if your background check has cleared, contact the office at (503)824-3536. Click here for background check information: https://www.colton.k12.or.us/page/training-for-parents-and-volunteers1

Please remember to use caution while driving through the school parking lots and follow the posted speed limit to help ensure the safety of our students. Friendly reminder- middle school students are still in session in the afternoons, so please drive cautiously through their school. Thank you!

Pick Up/Drop Off Procedures

https://www.colton.k12.or.us/o/ces/page/ces-drop-offpick-up-procedures

Please remember to subscribe to receive FlashAlert messages from Colton School District in the event of inclement weather or emergency closure.

Photos (from Feb. 13)!! Our Lost and Found is still growing fast! We will try to continually post more pictures. If you are missing a jacket, sweatshirt or coat, feel free to email Mrs. Wagner and we will look for you wagnerc@colton.k12.or.us

See the old PHOTOS From January 5th!!!

Colton Preschool Registration is ready now! Please register under the 24-25 school year using the link below if you plan on returning or have a sibling that needs to sign up (this includes part time, full time and Preschool Promise). Please do not apply for the additional Preschool Promise registration until April 15th. Contact Chantel at hollidayc@colton.k12.or.us if you have any questions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvWxWQlviSh2y5TUhepIiwKzTh6J0WX6RxVaLY6ANyDj5_9Q/viewform

All parents and volunteers, in order for you to work in or around our buildings, you must clear an ODE and CSD background check and complete mandatory training. If you have only completed one of the online training modules, please email hr@colton.k12.or.us to receive the full set. This is a new requirement. If you have any questions, please call the office at (503)824-3536. Thank you for for your support of keeping Colton School District safe!

• Some type of light with students at their bus stop
• Reflective patches on coats

Transportation Safety Procedures: https://5il.co/10a3o

Citation Policy: https://5il.co/1b3xb

Bus Barn/Dispatch phone number: (503) 824-3534

Snow route/Closure recorded information line: (503) 824-3510

Instead of sending cash with kids, send an amount directly to our Book Fair registers! Check out this simple video to learn more. See VIDEO here!

Book fairs are run primarily by volunteers! Sign up here if you are approved to volunteer in the school district!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094FAFA92EA0FECF8-48858179-cesspring

How to access audiobooks:

1. Download the app or go to the website:

https://soraapp.com/library/csd53or

2. Find Colton School District 53

3. Sign into Sora with this school account info:

username: firstname.lastname@student.colton.k12.or.us

example: maria.hart@student.colton.k12.or.us

password: same as chromebook password

(if your student doesn’t know their password, please reach out to your teacher)

4. Look at the collections and borrow a book for 2 weeks.

Students that read 2 or more get to vote for their favorite next week! Thanks for participating!

Our 4th and 5th grade students are beginning to prepare for our school STEM Fair. Project proposals were due March 21st. Once approved, students can begin their projects, research, experiments and/or investigations. Click HERE for a copy of the Project Packet that will help guide your research and investigation.

Our 2nd and 3rd grade students are learning about Engineering and that an engineer is a person that wants to know how and why something works.

Our Kindergartners and 1st grade students have been learning block coding and programming skills. They are programming in code.org. Now that students know how to LOOP and repeat commands, they will be learning how to code EVENTS that make 2 characters interact in PLAY LAB.

Friendly Reminder: All medication (over-the-counter and prescribed) needs to be transported to school by a parent, and medication authorization forms must be filled out before office staff can administer medication. The medication both prescribed and over the counter should be in the original packaging, and can only be given as directed by the prescribing physician or medication label.

Join PTA: We can use your hand with a few things coming up, get plugged in on Remind to find out the latest!

We’d like to share with you all some "get to know your teacher forms" and special Amazon shopping links if you’re looking to gift your student’s teacher with a little something special this year!

Office 503-824-3536

30437 S Grays Hill Rd, Colton, OR 97017